Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good test on feeder classes today. Strong demand for weaned and preconditioned cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.65/cwt on 286 head.

Average price

$256.65

286 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$870

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$57.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.27

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	656	257.70	1,690	278
Medium and Large 2	695	223.21	1,551	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	410	200.00	820	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.70/cwt here — about $870 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale286 hd

256.65

—

KY average27 barns · 8,403 hd

246.38

+10.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	483	268.58/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,297	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	256.10/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	237.46/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,465	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	242.13/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,407	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	225.13/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,668	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	272.49/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,542	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	277.60/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	278.22/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,447	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	266.61/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,696	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	244.74/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,804	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	816	236.30/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,928	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	921	221.75/cwt	221.00–222.00	2,042	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,174	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	259.42/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,772	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	248.04/cwt	234.00–253.00	1,694	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	260.51/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	257.74/cwt	247.50–262.00	1,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	258.32/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,351	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	482	291.61/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,406	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	257.47/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,635	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	233.87/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,567	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	239.52/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,768	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,718	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	251.12/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	242.89/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,503	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	905	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,588	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,638	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	253.55/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,164	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	248.01/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,342	4

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Fri Sep 15, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Receipts 550Last week 1,347Year ago 858

Good test on feeder classes today. Strong demand for weaned and preconditioned cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	483	267.00–270.00	268.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	250.00–261.00	256.10
11	—	617	230.00–240.00	237.46
31	—	581	225.00–248.00	242.13
22	—	741	225.00–226.00	225.13
37	—	670	228.00–238.00	233.87
5	—	459	244.00–257.00	253.55
3	—	880	205.00	205.00
1	—	750	202.50	202.50
4	—	541	246.00–250.00	248.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	254.00–259.00	258.32
10	—	750	229.00	229.00
7	—	563	250.00–254.00	251.12
18	—	619	242.00–244.00	242.89
1	—	905	214.00	214.00
40	—	659	241.00	241.00
33	—	709	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	753	242.00	242.00
21	—	566	269.00–274.00	272.49
25	—	520	276.00–280.00	278.22
49	—	636	263.00–268.00	266.61
22	—	737	243.00–245.00	244.74
33	—	816	236.00–237.00	236.30
4	—	921	221.00–222.00	221.75
11	—	683	254.00–263.00	259.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	272.50	272.50
3	—	472	275.00–279.00	277.60
2	—	750	236.00	236.00
2	—	975	212.00	212.00
1	—	385	260.00	260.00
1	—	800	225.00	225.00
31	—	683	234.00–253.00	248.04
4	—	524	260.00–262.00	260.51
10	—	577	247.50–262.00	257.74
1	—	855	220.00	220.00
17	—	635	244.00–261.00	257.47
16	—	738	232.00–240.00	239.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	252.50	252.50
1	—	695	210.00	210.00
5	—	741	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	482	291.00–293.00	291.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	200.00	200.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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